Signing of Peace Treaty Ends Great War
Paris reports the peace treaty will be signed Friday or Saturday at two o'clock PM, amid German delegation delays and unease in the conference. Berlin dispatches recount military opposition and minister Noske’s resignation drama as leaders warn troops to stay in service. Paris notes Constantine of Greece in financial trouble, while the Big Four press Germany for delegation details. Notables at Versailles include five 1870 veterans, Clemenceau, Petain, Mrs Wilson, and about a thousand attendees.
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Associated Press
Paris
Versailles
Germany
Herr Haniel von Haimhausen
Poincare
Berlin
Weimar
Gustave Noske
Baron von Smettwitz
hig
Major von Gilsa
Herr Noske
Reinhardt
Matthias Eroberger
entente
Herr Erzberger
The
United Press
Big
ave
Muller
Clementau
senate
Marshal
Petain
Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Soldiers eager for Cascade reunion set for tomorrow
Tomorrow, Thursday, marks the 87th annual reunion of the Sheboygan County Soldiers' Reunion Association at Cascade. The event, long a major social occasion, will draw members from all local military groups, with many traveling from Sheboygan and Plymouth by interurban or car. Prominent speakers are scheduled for the program.
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Sheboygan County
Cascade
Yerong
Sheboygan
Plymouth
General sympathetic strike called off at 11 o clock
The general sympathetic strike has been called off and will take effect at eleven o clock tomorrow. The decision followed a Labor Temple meeting of the general strike committee and recommendations from the executive committee. Rev. Francis Murphy will deliver the principal address with music and singing part of the program. George W. Spratt will preside.
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United Freas
Francis Murphy
George W. Spratt
Woman nets over two hundred with bad checks in county fraud
A young woman identified as Mrs Graham of Elkhart Lake used a flea ver game to cash checks totaling over 200 in several local stores. Most checks dated June 22 and drawn on a local bank bounced when presented. Victims include firms in Plym outh and Elkhart Lake and the same suspect is linked to a similar scheme in Watertown. Bank warns others and asks vigilance statewide.
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Graham
Elkhart Lake
Plymouth
iher
Watertown
Oostburg Electric Service Probed by Railroad Commission
The Oostburg Light & Power Company faced a probe after Oostburg villagers asked the Railroad Commission in February to investigate current service. The commission found two years of unsatisfactory service tied to Milwaukee Northern Railway fuel issues, noting recent fuel access improved but not yet ideal. The complaint was dismissed, with ongoing bimonthly checks to ensure satisfactory current supply.
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Madison
Wis
vilage of
Oostburg
Railroad Commission
Oostburg Light & Power Company
Milwaukee Northern Railway Company
Milwaukee Northern Company
Milwaukee-Northern
Seven Mysterious Fires and Slashing at Haese Home
Manitowoc Wis June 26. A Brown County farm near Wayside is center of fear as seven mysterious fires and brutal vandalism target the Haese household. Residents believe an evil spirit or witchcraft is at work after fires in a closet a music cabinet and clothing, destruction of family Bible pages and torn pictures, plus a two year old girl’s sudden hair cutting. Mrs Runge, a housekeeper, and Haese’s family report hostile acts since Runge moved in February amid disputes over Arnold Runge's estate and a contested settlement with the Runge family. Neighbors recall a dangerous rift and illness after a neighbor gathering tied to Runge relations. The community searches for explanations as the haunts intensify and the farm’s future remains unsettled.
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W. FP
Ohda
Manitowoc
Wis
Arthur Haese
Manitowoc county
Wayside
Haese
bose
Jane
Brown county
Branch river
hyster
Reinhold Siebert
August Haese
Julia Runge
Walter
Ruth
dé Leslie
Arnold Range
Shirley
Heese
Haesa
Green Bay
Mrs. Runge
Arnold Runge
Barkey
Arnold
Barney
Rungé
Herman Runge
pai
Three Versions of Ruth Cruger Murder In New York
Bologna wires report three competing accounts in Alfredo Cocchi murder trial. Prosecution says Gioecht killed Ruth Cruger in a repair shop on West 127th Street after an assault. Cocchi claims his wife killed the girl to cover jealousy and that he confessed to shield her. A third letter allege a criminal operation and burial by white slavers in the shop. Prosecutor seeks time for further investigation. trial continues with Cocchi’s testimony and repeated retractions.
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United Prom
Bologna
Italy
Ruth Cruger
New York
Bagnolia
Alfredo Cocchi
Franchini
United Presa
lGoecht
West 127th street
Cocchi
Eromnady Venturini
J. J. Lynch
veraion
August Trilling Dies at 43 in Skebuggah County
August Trilling, 43, lifelong Skebuggah resident, died at 4 am today at St. Nicholas Hospital after a stroke. Born December 11, 1875 in the city, he attended Holy Name school and worked as a cigar maker, later running his own cigar business at Howards Grove for eight months before illness. Survived by six brothers, two sisters, and a sister in Racine. remains to be prepared by Kross parlors and will be moved to the sister’s home at 616 Bluff Avenue for the funeral Saturday at 9 a m.
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August Trilling
Skebuggah
St. Nicholas hospital
thin city
Holy Name school
Trilling
Howards Grove
Joseph
Guido
Alphonse
Hugo
Otto
Edward Trilling
afts
Dave Artman
H.Redwald
Racine
Kross
Daveartman
Bluff. avenue
Miss Anna Sokoll Saw Horrific Sights on Battle Grounds
Miss Anna Sokoll daughter of Christ Sokoll Calumet Drive served as a Red Cross nurse in Base Hospital Unit 93 in France through 1918. She describes rain and hardship at Brest Mont Dore and Cannes, walking No Man's Land near Verdun, and witnessing brutal cratered landscapes and mass burials as armies fought for years.
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Anna Sokoll
Christ Sokoll
Calumet Drive
France
Sokoll
Sheboygan
Patria
Brest
Argonne
St. Michiel
Miss Sokoll
Miss Sokol
Mont Dore
Cannes
Mediterranean Sea
Rivera Hospital Center
Mt. Port Dupont
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
yan
boilea Sist
Verdon
Dimont
Europe
Germany
Argonne forest
Mise Sakoll
Congress Drafts Bill for Drastic Enforcement or Prohibition
Washington June 25 Drastic enforcement for wartime and constitutional prohibition passes House judiciary with minor changes. Bill sets intoxicating liquor as any beverage over 0.5 percent alcohol and imposes fines, imprisonment, licensing, and permits. Enforcement by Internal Revenue and Justice. medicinal use by physicians only. private home stock allowed pre-prohibition for private use.
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CONGRESS
United Frese Washington
House judiciary committee
hill
Voletead
House
commissioner of internal revenue
department of justice
prohibition
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